Satanic ritual abuse SRA , sometimes known as ritual abuse , ritualistic abuse , organised abuse , sadistic ritual abuse , and other variants was the subject of a moral panic often referred to as the satanic panic that originated in the United States in the s, spreading throughout many parts of the world by the late s. Kenneth Lanning, an FBI expert in the investigation of child sexual abuse, [] has stated that pseudo-Satanism may exist but there is "little or no evidence for FMSF Newsletter email edition. Favorite Comedic Movie Actress. Sexual Orientation Heterosexual Bisexual Homosexual.